Mahwah

Mahwah is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey. Mahwah is named for the Lenape word for "meeting place", and it was incorporated as "Hohokus Township" on 9 April 1849. Over the next century, several townships split from Hohokus Township, and, on 7 November 1944, Mahwah was created from the remaining portions of Hohokus. In 2016, Mahwah had a population of 26,541 people, with 85.67% being white, 7.81% Asian, 6.26% Hispanic, 2.62% African-American, 1.93% multiracial, .56% Native American, .01% Pacific islander, and 1.4% other races. In 2016, Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump won 53.5% of the vote in Mahwah, while Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton won 42.5% and others won 3.1%.